億萬富翁波羅申科在烏總統選舉中大幅領先

Early results from Ukraine's presidential election show billionaire candy maker and former prime minister Petro Poroshenko with a commanding lead.

The country's election commission said Monday that Poroshenko led with 54 percent of the vote with about a third of the ballots counted.

Former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was in second place with 13 percent.

Poroshenko claimed victory Sunday after exit polls showed him winning 56 percent of the vote, and said he is ready to negotiate with Russian officials.

Pro-Russian separatists threatened to disrupt the vote and blocked access to polling places in eastern Ukraine. No voting stations were open in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, while a scant 16 percent voter turnout is reported in the entire Donetsk region.烏克蘭總統選舉的早期計票結果顯示，糖果製造業巨頭、億萬富翁波羅申科佔據絕對領先地位。

烏克蘭選舉委員會星期一說，在清點過大約三分之一選票後，波羅申科獲得54%的選票。

前總理季莫申科位居第二，獲得13%的選票。

在投票站出口民調顯示波羅申科獲得56%的選票後，他宣佈自己勝選，並表示準備與俄羅斯官員展開談判。

親俄羅斯的分離主義者威脅要干擾這次選舉，在東烏克蘭封鎖通過投票站的道路。在分離分子控制的頓涅茨克，所有投票站都未開門，據報整個頓涅茨克地區只有16%的選民參加投票。